You need to do a researched discussion (6 to 7 pages) of one of the following topics treated in at least two stories (students could read a new story and compare it with one of the stories we have already covered in class). You are expected to use 3-5 sources using MLA style. Any other topics are subject to your professor's approval.
Deaf Humor
Deaf Folklore
Home and Family
Audism
The Natural and the Unnatural (i.e. no cochlear implants vs. cochlear implants, ASL vs. Signed English or Simultaneous Communication; oralism versus manualism)
Lipreading (Advantages, Disadvantages)
Deaf Culture
Deaf Life and Its Lessons
Deaf Space
Deaf Diaspora
The Dinner Table Syndrome
Betweenity
Hearing Line
Resistance and Affirmation (Karen Christie and Dorothy Wilkins) in ASL Poetry
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